Maison Crivelli Tobacco Carnaval sample: a 3ml wear test and 4 originals to try next

How Tobacco Carnaval opens and wears

Tobacco Carnaval is a unisex Extrait de Parfum from Maison Crivelli, launched in 2026 and credited to the perfumer Quentin Bisch. Its published note list is short and sits entirely at the top: a gourmand accord, smoke, spices and tobacco. There is no separate heart or base listed, so this is a perfume to read as one idea rather than a ladder of stages.

So the notes themselves are the place to start. Tobacco is the lead, with smoke beside it and spices around it, and the gourmand accord adds a sweet, edible side. The listed accords confirm the picture: tobacco, warm spicy, sweet, smoky and woody. Sweet and smoky can pull in different directions on skin, and that is the reason a sample is worth more than a quick sniff at a counter.

Because the note list does not split into a clear top, heart and base, the useful question is how the same ingredients behave over time on your skin. On one skin the smoke and spice may stand out, on another the sweet side may lead, and the balance can shift as the hours pass. Your own skin decides that balance, which is exactly what a few days of wear will show you.

If you are new to the style, our guide to tobacco perfumes by style maps the sweet, smoky and dry ends of the family, so you can see where Tobacco Carnaval sits before you wear it.

What the community votes say

Votes on longevity lean long lasting, with eternal as the runner-up. Sillage is rated strong by most community voters, and enormous comes second. Those are reports from voters, so your own skin remains the real test.

The seasons voters pick most often are winter and autumn, and the times of day are evening and night. In plain terms, the votes point to cooler months and after-dark plans rather than a bright summer afternoon.

Treat that as a starting point, not a rule. A warm, smoky extrait can feel different in a heated office than outdoors on a cold evening, so it helps to wear it in more than one setting during your test. If a strong sillage is what voters report, a light hand with the first spray is a sensible way to begin.

A five-day wear test with a 3ml Tobacco Carnaval sample

Around 60 sprays in a 3ml decant is plenty for several wears, so no single afternoon has to settle the question. Judge the extrait after an hour on skin, when the opening has calmed, not on paper or from the first spray, and come back to it later in the day too.

1. Day one: wear it alone. Spray clean, unscented skin, then resist the urge to rub your wrists together. Jot down your first impression, judge it properly after an hour, and add a line about what is left by evening.
2. Day two: repeat it. Same patch of skin, same time of day. Set the notes beside day one's and decide whether smoke or sweetness is what you notice more.
3. Day three: compare it with Tobacco Vanille. Put Tobacco Carnaval on one arm and Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille on the other, keeping the number of sprays the same. Check both after an hour and again later, and record which one you would rather keep wearing.
4. Day four: swap the two arms. Wear the same pair again, with their positions reversed. This stops one arm from becoming the permanent home of either perfume, and it tells you whether your first answer was about the perfume or about the patch of skin.
5. Day five: wear your favourite in real life. Choose the setting the votes suggest, an evening or a cold night, and read your earlier notes. Ask whether you would genuinely reach for it again.

The same plan works for any pair of originals, so you can swap Guerlain Tobacco Honey into day three if you want a different comparison.

Choosing between the 3ml and the 10ml

Start with the 3ml. Around 60 sprays easily covers five days of wear, with spare for a second application on a day you want to double-check. It answers the question that matters with an extrait: does this tobacco, smoke and spice suit your skin and your taste, before a bottle is paid for?

The 10ml decant, at around 200 sprays, is the size for months of occasional evenings or weeks of daily use. Buy it after the test, once Tobacco Carnaval has earned a place in your rotation, not before you know you enjoy it.

Our perfume samples page explains the available sizes, and what a perfume decant is covers the format. If the strength is what you are unsure about, what extrait de parfum means explains how it differs from an eau de parfum.

Four originals to sample after Tobacco Carnaval

Choose the next decant by the direction you want to explore: leather and orris, passion fruit and oud, vanilla and cacao, or honey and clove. These are four separate originals with their own published note lists.

Cuir Infrarouge by Maison Crivelli

Cuir Infrarouge is a 2024 unisex perfume credited to Jordi Fernández. Bitter orange, bergamot and raspberry open it, giving a bright, fruity start. Orris, suede, cinnamon and cedarwood form the heart, and oud, tonka bean and vanilla sit in the base.

Its accords are leather, fruity, oud, sweet, animalic, woody, warm spicy, vanilla, cinnamon and powdery. Most community voters call its longevity long lasting, and most call its sillage strong. Autumn and winter lead the season votes, and night is the time of day voters choose most often. Pick Cuir Infrarouge when you want to stay with the house but move from tobacco to leather and suede.

Oud Maracujá by Maison Crivelli

Oud Maracujá is a 2023 unisex perfume, also credited to Jordi Fernández. Passion fruit, saffron and Turkish rose open the composition. Oud, Indonesian patchouli and benzoin make up the heart, while leather, akigalawood, vanilla and labdanum finish the base.

The accords run oud, fruity, leather, sweet, tropical, amber, warm spicy, woody, animalic and fresh. Most community voters rate its longevity eternal and its sillage strong. Winter and autumn lead the seasons, and night and evening lead the time of day. It is the one to try if the sweetness in Tobacco Carnaval is what you liked and you want a fruitier, oud-led take on warmth.

Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford

Tobacco Vanille is a 2007 unisex perfume credited to Olivier Gillotin, and it is another original to wear beside Tobacco Carnaval, not a stand-in for it. It opens on tobacco leaf and spicy notes, moves to a heart of vanilla, cacao, tobacco blossom and tonka bean, and rests on dried fruits and woody notes.

Its accords are vanilla, sweet, tobacco, warm spicy, fruity, woody, cacao and powdery. Community votes on its longevity lean long lasting, with eternal behind it, and community votes on its sillage lean strong. Winter and autumn lead the season votes, and night and evening lead the time of day. Choose it when you want tobacco with a vanilla and cacao heart.

Tobacco Honey by Guerlain

Tobacco Honey is a 2023 unisex perfume credited to Delphine Jelk. Honey, cloves and anise sit at the top, and agarwood (oud) and sandalwood form the base. No heart is listed.

The accords are sweet, honey, tobacco, vanilla, warm spicy, floral, powdery and oud. Community votes on its longevity lean long lasting, with eternal behind it, and most community voters rate its sillage strong. Autumn and winter lead the seasons, and night and evening lead the time of day. It suits you if honey and clove sound more appealing than smoke.

Which decant should you choose?

Stay with the lead perfume if its mix of tobacco, smoke, spices and a gourmand accord is what you came to explore. Choose Cuir Infrarouge for leather and suede, Oud Maracujá for passion fruit with oud, Tobacco Vanille for vanilla and cacao around the tobacco, or Tobacco Honey for honey, cloves and anise.

Use the 3ml to compare, then step up to a 10ml decant of whichever original you wear most. For a similar wear test on another original, read our Sospiro Vibrato sample guide. 10ML is not affiliated with or endorsed by Maison Crivelli, Tom Ford or Guerlain.